1. ELEMENTARY WRITING Teaching & Learning Conference January 5, 2016

2. Agenda  Writing Process  Score Samples  Work on Writing (Daily 5)

3. Writing Process Prewriting First Draft Revision Editing Final Draft

4. Prewriting  Pre-Writing Strategies (up to 4:47)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae_nCYEvOoA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae_nCYEvOoA  Bear’s Friends Find a Way In the story, Bear's friends; a rabbit, a frog and a beaver, go out of their way to include Bear in their adventures. Because Bear is too big to navigate a trail to a pond, his friends widen the trail. Then, when the group swims across the pond, Rabbit is held back because he can't swim. That's when Beaver builds a dam to help Rabbit get across the pond. Bear’s Friends Find a Way teaches children about friendship.  Pre-Writing (up to 3:59)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVJIa3J0LvE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVJIa3J0LvE  What to Write in the Writing Notebook (up to 4:55)  https://www.thedailycafe.com/articles/what-to-write-in-the-writing- notebook https://www.thedailycafe.com/articles/what-to-write-in-the-writing- notebook

5. Prewriting  Graphic Organizers  Cluster Map / Webbing  Flow Chart  Listing  Top Hat  Venn Diagram

6. My Three Favorite Toys Toy #1 Toy #2 Toy #3 Possible questions to generate ideas:  Where and when did you get the toy?  Why is this toy special?  What can you do with this toy?  Where do you keep this toy?

7. First Draft  How Do I Write a First Draft (:53)  http://www.videojug.com/interview/how- to-write-a-first-essay-draft http://www.videojug.com/interview/how- to-write-a-first-essay-draft

8. HOW DO I WRITE A FIRST DRAFT? (transcript from video) When you are writing an essay, you will have many drafts. The first draft is always the most difficult. In order to write your first draft, you have to have a plan. When you have a plan, this shows you all of the subtopics within your essay. It shows you how those subtopics go together and flow. Those subtopics need to tell your story and display your arguments. They've got to be coherent. You start writing at any point in your plan. When you've written all of those subsections within your plan, you then have your first draft. At that point, you need to go back and edit and proofread and check your essay. You can't hand it in at this stage, this is only the first draft.

9. Revision  Stretching Out a Small Moment: Adding Details to Writing (up to 1:38)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8nf1OHUI e0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8nf1OHUI e0  Highlight where you want to revise  Elaboration  May need 2 nd draft

10. Editing  Proofreading  Checking Mechanics

11. Final Draft  Publishing  Personal Book  Class Book  Letter  Writing for Bulletin Board  Writing in Journal

12. Reflect  Talk to a partner.  Share with group.

13. Scoring Writing Prompts  4 (Consistent Control)  3 (Reasonable Control)  2 (Inconsistent Control)  1 (Little / No Control)

14. Work on Writing  I-Chart I-Chart  Student Choice  Small notebook / Spiral tablet to hold ideas  Photos or pictures from calendars  Posted class list of small ideas  Writing Notebooks  Brainstorm / Plan on left page  Start writing on right page  Work on Writing vs. Writer’s Workshop

15. www.thedailycafe.com (articles on website)  Generating Ideas for Work on Writing–5 Ideas  The Difference Between Work on Writing and Writer's Workshop  Organizing the Writing Notebook

16. Closure  Talk to a partner.  How can I help my students become successful, lifelong writers?  What are my next steps?  Share with the Group